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It doesn’t seem possible that the
2007-2008 school year has come to a close. I want to
thank our teachers and staff for all of their hard
work. I want to thank students and parents who
cooperated with us to make this a successful school
year. For now, have a great summer, because before you
know it we will be back in school for the 2008-2009
school year.
Best wishes and best of luck for those who are
retiring after many years of service to the children
of Lauderdale County. Retirees are Mrs. Jo Baker (28
years), Mrs. Susan Conner (32 years), Mr. Bum Bardy
Driver (37 years), Mrs. Barbara Hendren (40 years),
Mrs. Linda Maxwell (30 years), Mrs. Deanna Pavletic
(38 years), Mrs. Peggy Roberson (12 years), Mr. John
Sammons (38 years) and Mrs. Beverly Taylor (38 years).
Thanks!
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Phillip Jackson,
Superintendent
Lauderdale County
Board of Education
pjackson@mail.lced.net
Superintendent of Schools Phillip Jackson
is a native of Lauderdale County. He attended school in
Gates and Halls, and graduated from Halls High School in
1965. He earned a bachelor of science degree from Lambuth
University and a master’s of education degree from the
University of Memphis. He began teaching at Ripley High
School in 1969 and is completing his 37th year in the
Lauderdale County Department of Education.
He has served as Federal Projects
Director, assistant superintendent, and was elected
superintendent in 1980. He served until 1988, then was
principal at Halls Junior High School before returning to
the Lauderdale County Schools central office as Director of
Finance until he was appointed to serve as superintendent
again in 2002.
Mr. Jackson is the past present of the
Tennessee Association for School Business Officials, a
member of the Tennessee Organization of School
Superintendents, and a member of the American Association of
School Administrators.
His wife, Jean, retired from the
Lauderdale School System after 32 years of service as a
teacher at Ripley High School. Their daughter, Jill Odom, is
a third-grade teacher in Murfreesboro where she resides with
her family. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson have two grandchildren,
Chelsey and Shelby. The Jacksons are also actively involved
in Ripley First United Methodist Church and numerous other
civic activities.
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John Sammons,
Assistant Superintendent
Lauderdale County
Board of Education
jsammons@mail.lced.net
Mr. John Sammons serves as Assistant Superintendent of
the Lauderdale County School System. He holds a bachelor of
science degree in English and sociology from Murray State
University and a master’s degree in educational
administration from the University of Tennessee at Martin.
He began his teaching career in Georgetown, Ill., and moved
to Dyer County High School in Newbern, Tenn., in 1978. There
he was a teacher and assistant football coach. Later he
became assistant principal and served as head football and
baseball coach for five years before leaving in 1987 to
enter the Lauderdale County School System as principal at
Halls High School.
He served as a member of the TSSAA Board of Control for
athletics during the 1992-93 school year until assuming the
duties of Supervisor of Personnel at Lauderdale County
Department of Education in 1993. He was appointed assistant
superintendent in 2004.
Mr. Sammons and his wife, Sharry, a medical technologist at
Dyersburg Regional Hospital, have two children and two
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